Great Article..."Notable, Quotable Presidents"

[Superfly]

Compare the quotes of past presidents like Abe Lincoln, JFK, Eisenhower, etc. to our current one.

Brian

--------------

Link

<snip>

While the Bush II Administration's "War on Terror" and its Orwellian progeny – Patriot Acts I & II – demand that Americans relinquish their civil liberties guaranteed in the Bill of Rights and Constitution in exchange for Homeland Security, we must never forget that this country has survived a Revolutionary War, a Civil War, two World Wars, a Cold War, and half a century of CIA malfeasance, without devolving into a totalitarian state.

<snip>

I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed. -Abraham Lincoln, in a letter to (Col.) William F. Elkins, Nov. 21, 1864, five months before his assasination

<snip>

The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion. -George Washington, Treaty of Tripoli, 1796

Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law. -Thomas Jefferson, February 10, 1814

<snip>

(And, now a word from our current resident)

You know I could run for governor but I'm basically a media creation. I've never done anything. I've worked for my dad. I worked in the oil business. But that's not the kind of profile you have to have to get elected to public office. -George W. Bush, 1989

I don't know whether I'm going to win or not. I think I am. I do know I'm ready for the job. And, if not, that's just the way it goes. -George W. Bush, Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 21, 2000

If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier – so long as I'm the dictator. -George W. Bush, Dec. 19, 2000

<snip>

[Superfly]

1. Kick

:kick:

[NewJeffCT]

2. good quotes

Thanks - hopefully, you (or others) can find more similar ones from our forefathers.

[wryter2000]

3. This one blew me away

"Every man holds his property subject to the general right of the community to regulate its use to whatever degree the public welfare may require it." Teddy Roosevelt.

[rman]

4. Lincoln, Roosevelt, *

1854 - US President Abraham Lincoln (assasinated)
"No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. These United States of America can never be destroyed from forces outside its borders. If America falls, it will fall from within. Brought down by apathy. When good people do nothing, Anarchy reigns."


1918 - US President Theodore Roosevelt
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."


2002 - US President G W Bush
"I'm the commander, I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being the President. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say something, but I don't feel like I owe anybody an explanation."